On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:12 PM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/2/9 Carcharoth <[email protected]>: > >> To pick another example. The reference desks (which I think are great) >> are technically a bit divorced from the encyclopedia building, but I >> think are a legitimate side operation, especially when article do >> (sometimes) get improved as a result. It's also legitimate because >> some people prefer to ask humans a question and have them look it up, >> rather than look things up themselves. The side effect is quite a lot >> of chatter around the questions and answers. > > > It's definitely right in line with the mission. Also a chance for us > to show off our erudition. > > (e.g. going down the pub, there's three Wikipedians at the table > talking obscure military history they've picked up in the course of > just hanging around and a fourth person looking slightly boggled.)
The person looking slightly boggled was you, right? :-) Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
